Although in a roundabout way, Jeff Daniels is the reason I've ended up in Chelsea... Mrs. sychosyd_28 started her professional theatre career at the Purple Rose, so we moved here for that and have been around ever since.

So I guess I'm really promoting "Escanaba in da Moonlight" because I've had beers with just about everybody who's in it. Gotta represent...

Bongo Blue:The Tao of Steve for New Mexico?More like Ron Howards "Missing"their descendents are still living here.Texas should be Peckinpah's "the Getaway". Saw too many style simularities with what they choose.

msupf:Michigan should have more than one film. As is, 8 mile is not one of them, any of the other mentioned choices would be better. You also need a film for the upper peninsula, which was left off the map.

Escanaba in da moonlight for da U.P.

I think Eminem is very good, and underrated in some ways, despite the fact that I'm not a rap fan. There's at least a kind of brutal, psychological honesty in what he does, I think.

8 Mile is an example of that, and it puts a spotlight on Detroit in a less comic way than Robocop did.... but it was honestly a movie that showcased Detroit in its brutal & decaying ugliness & awesomeness. When my wife asked if Detroit is really like that, I said yes. Sure, it's a movie, but it also hits painfully close to the mark in many ways.

I don't care for rap, but I like aspects of what Eminem does because he doesn't spare himself. I like 8 Mile for what it is. It's unflinching in its perspective about Detroit. That's the brilliance about Eminem, and the brilliance of 8 Mile. It's not really pleasant. And even if Eminem is the "hero", it's a Detroit hero... still stuck in a kind of hell. It's an admirable movie, I think. Underrated because Eminem is bigger than Jeebus in many ways, and that eclipses the art of what he does.

/haha, loved how Eminem got that guy in the end with the thing about where the other guy went to school. That's awesome, but maybe you'd miss it if you don't know Metro Detroit.